Liberty Classic

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The Liberty Classic is an annual women's bicycle race held simultaneously with the Philadelphia International Championship.

The 57.6 mile race consists of four laps of a 14.4 mile circuit through Philadelphia with 5 climbs up the famous Manayunk Wall. The Liberty Classic is the final leg of the inaugural 2006 Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling for women. The Triple Crown is a one week, 3-race circuit, with the three races taking place in the Eastern Pennsylvania cities of Allentown, Reading and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The opening race is the Lehigh Valley Classic, followed two days later by Reading Classic, with the Liberty Classic finale in Philadelphia three days after the Reading race.

[edit] Previous Winners

Year	Name	Country	Team
2008	Chantal Beltman	Netherlands	Team High Road
2007	Ina-Yoko Teutenberg	Germany	T-Mobile Women
2006	Regina Schleicher	Germany	Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
2005	Ina-Yoko Teutenberg	Germany	T-Mobile Women
2004	Petra Rossner	Germany	Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
2003	Lyne Bessette	Canada	Saturn Cycling Team
2002	Petra Rossner	Germany	Saturn Cycling Team
2001	Petra Rossner	Germany	Saturn Cycling Team
2000	Petra Rossner	Germany	Saturn Cycling Team
1999	Petra Rossner	Germany	German National Team
1998	Petra Rossner	Germany	Saturn Cycling Team
1997	Clara Hughes	Canada
1996	Petra Rossner	Germany